Winter Sleepers (1997)

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NR | 2 hr 2 mins | Foreign, Adaptation | Released: 1/1/1997 |Box Office Total: $0.3M

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Synopsis:

In a small skiing village in the mountains of Germany, winter has descended on its inhabitants. Laura is a nurse and aspiring actress who lives with Rebecca, a translator. Rebecca is currently involved with handsome ski instructor Marco, who has lately been sinking further and further into the couch in front of his TV. On the perimeter is Rene, a projectionist at the local movie theater, who deals with his lack of short term memory by constantly photographing the world around him. Not far away, lives local farmer Theo, a man struggling to keep his family happy and fed. One day he heads out with a horse in a trailer hitched to the back of his car. Also in the trailer, hiding, is his young daughter who stowed away without permission. On a slippery road, things are about to change. A chain reaction has begun, a door has been opened, and the hand of fate has entered the game as an invisible player...

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1997

Director	Credit
Tom Tykwer	Director
Cast	Credit
Floriane Daniel	Rebecca
Heino Ferch	Marco
Ulrich Matthes	Rene
Marie-Lou Sellem	Laura
Laura Tonke	Nina
Sebastian Schipper	Otto
Agathe Taffertshofer	Edith
Sofia Dirscherl	Marita
Robert Meyer	Keibl
Robert Meyer	Cop
Werner Schnitzer	Senior Consultant
Saskia Vester	Anna
Josef Bierbichler	Theo
Simon Donatz	Theo's Son
Jakob Donatz	Theo's Son
Renee Schoenberg	Gerd
Harry Taschner	Bailiff
Walter Anichlofer	Prompter
Martin Leutgeb	Cop No 2
Melanaie Palmberger	Nina's Friend
Michaela Prahauser	Nina's Friend
Peter Arp	Man at Accident
Caroline Richards	Bartender
Swantje Matthael	Alexa
Noushin Diehl	The Baby
Anne-Francis Pyszora	Kitsch Storyteller
Rene Schoenenberger	Gerd
Linda Schmidt	Rene's Mother
Erdmann Von Garnier	Rene's Father
Feliicitas Jeschke	Marco's Mother
Rudi Jeschke	Marco's Father
Erika Wolfram	Laura's Mother
Hans Wolfram	Laura's Father
Ute Skrzypczak	Rebecca's Mother
Rudi Skrzypczak	Rebecca's Father
Production Credits	Credit
Tom Tykwer	Segment Producer - location producer
Stefan Arndt	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
X-Filme	Production Company
Filmstiftung North Rhine-Westphalia	Production Company
FFF	Production Company
Palladio Film	Production Company
MDR	Production Company
ARTE France	Production Company
Bundesministerium des Innern	Production Company
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Winstar Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
FPV	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Winstar Cinema	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Les Acacias Cine Audience	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
City Screen Ltd	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Tom Tykwer	Screenplay
Francoise Pyszora	Source Material (from novel)
Francoise Pyszora	Screenplay
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Tiertraining Filmtiere Simbeck	Animal Wrangler - dog handler
Art Department	Credit
Uli Hanisch	Art Director - Bergvilla art director
Alexander Manasse	Production Designer
Casting	Credit
An Dorthe Braker	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Sebastian Fahr	Camera Operator - camera operator-skiing stunt unit
Frank Griebe	Director of Photography
Ricardo Brunner	Steadicam Operator
Gregor Schnitzler	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director of photography (2nd Unit)
Willy Boeykens	Camera Operator - camera operator-freefall stunt unit
Daniel Koppelkamm	Steadicam Operator
Andy Duff	Camera Operator - camera operator-freefall stunt unit
Constantin Kesting	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director of photography (2nd Unit)
Michael Klausen	Steadicam Operator
Thomas Erhart	Camera Operator - camera operator-skiing stunt unit
Henning Jessel	Camera Operator - camera operator-skiing stunt unit
Christoph Frutiger	Camera Operator - camera operator-paraglide
Frank Griebe	Camera Operator - camera operator-helicopter
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Bavaria Film International (BFI)	Foreign Distribution Sales
Management	Credit
Milanka Comfort	Manager - production manager
Music	Credit
Jovanka Von Willsdorf	Song
Tom Tykwer	Music
Richard Horowitz	Song Performer
Reinhold Heil	Song
Reinhold Heil	Music
Sussan Deihim	Song Performer
Johnny Klimek	Song
Johnny Klimek	Music
Gideon Kremer	Song Performer - song perforemer
Keith Jarrett	Song Performer - song perforemer
Josh Haden	Song
I Fiamminghi	Song Performer
Spain	Song
Richard Horowitz	Song
Rudolph Werthen	Song Performer
Staatsorchester Stuttgart	Song Performer
Arvo Part	Song - songs
Wim Mertens	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Francois Dodge	Stunt Coordinator - stunt coordinator-ski/freefall stunt unit
Stefan Seitz	Stunts - ski/frefall stunt unit
Volkhard Buff	Stunt Coordinator - stunt coordinator-car/tree stunt unit
Frank Neumann	Stunts - make-up-ski/freefall stunt unit
Production Management	Credit
Maria Kopf	Production Supervisor
Manfred Buettner	Production Manager - production manager-digital special effects
Ulrike Schmidt	Script Supervisor
Ralph Remstedt	Unit Production Manager
Sebastian Fahr	Assistant Director
Tanja Daberitz	Assistant Director
Torsten Kuntsler	Unit Production Manager
Ralph Von Strachwitz	Unit Production Manager
Sound	Credit
Matthias Lempert	Sound Design
Matthias Lempert	Rerecording - sound re-recording
Joern Poetzl	Sound Effects
Antje Zynga	Sound Editor
Andreas Volzing	Sound Effects Editor
Arno Wilms	Sound - production mixer
Christian Iserner	Sound Effects - sound effects recordist
Dirk W Jacob	Sound Design
Visual Effects	Credit
Claudius Schulz	Graphic Artist - graphic artist-digital special effects
Joachim Schulz	Matte Painter - matte artist
Thomas Tannenberg	Special Effects Supervisor - special effects supervisor-digital special effects
Das Werk	Special Effects - digital special effects
Andreas Schellenberg	Titles - domino scanning/recording/titles-digital special effects
Doug Philip	3-D Animator - 3D computer animation
Stephan Osterburg	3-D Animator - 3D computer animation
George Maihofer	Special Effects - digital artist-digital special effects
Thomas Wilk	Titles - end titles
Christian Kuntsler	Special Effects - digital artist-digital special effects
Iris Lengauer	Special Effects - digital retouching-digital special effects
Nashtuh Abootalebi	Special Effects - domino scanning/recording-digital special effects
Heinz Ludwig	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Aphrodite Kondos	Costume Designer
Margrit Neufink	Makeup
Elena Wegner	Wardrobe
Florian Bayerl	Costume Supervisor
Jekaterina Oertal	Makeup

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